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Eliminate Manual Authentication Configuration for Fast & Effective API Security Scanning | Harness Blog
Application security testing tools promise coverage and accuracy, but teams often struggle just to get started. One of the biggest friction points in dynamic application security testing is configuring authentication correctly so a scanner can even access a target application, let alone API endpoints that power the functionality. Whether it’s API keys, bearer tokens, or custom auth flows, setting up authentication for scans frequently requires trial-and-error and engineering support.
Enhance Your CLI with Agent Detection
Learn how the Checkly CLI uses a single function (`detectOperator()`) to detect whether the caller is a human, CI, or a coding agent by checking agent-set environment variables. This detection then changes how commands behave to provide the best agent experience.
5 Enterprise AI Gateways to Control AI Costs
Evaluate the leading enterprise AI gateways for managing LLM costs in 2026, including semantic caching, hierarchical budget enforcement, provider routing, and governance capabilities for production AI environments.
The Claude Bill is Too Damn High #speedscale #claude #aiagents #aicoding #devops #llms
Stop overpaying for AI reasoning by trading expensive GPU cycles for efficient, deterministic testing. This video explores how tools like linters and traffic replay can complement Claude, helping you fix bugs more accurately while cutting token usage by up to 50%. Visit: speedscale.com to learn more.
Run Local LLMs on Mac to Cut Claude Costs
Part of the motivation for this post is how cloud API economics are shifting: Anthropic is moving large enterprise customers toward per-token, usage-based billing (unbundled from flat seat fees), which makes “always call the API” a moving cost line for teams at scale. A hybrid or local layer is one way to keep spend bounded while you still use premium models where they matter.